About
Kaidan.World gathers the “rumors” whispered across Korea and Japan, pins them on a map with an honest note on how true they are——reported/on record / partly confirmed / unconfirmed——and tells them to you through a narrator’s voice and scene art. A kaidan radio.
The Layers
Kaidan.World isn’t built all at once — we grow it in layers. Here is how far we’ve come and what comes next, told honestly.
Layer 1 · AI Storyteller Live
AI gathers the rumors whispered across Korea and Japan, reshapes them into kaidan, and automatically produces the narrator’s voice (radio), scene art, and sourced anomaly pins — then places them on the map. People edit and curate for quality over volume.
Layer 2 · Write Together Coming
The layer where you write your own horror kaidan. Sketch just an outline and AI helps finish it — polish, expand, continue, proofread — then rates the result with a score. For real-world rumors, a web-research pass verifies credibility (reported/on record / partly confirmed / unconfirmed) and attaches sources. Publish, and it goes live as a voiced, illustrated kaidan radio. Inappropriate content, or anything that demeans a real person, is filtered out through reporting and review.
Layer 3 · Human Voices Coming
The layer where voice actors and creators tell the kaidan in their own recorded voice. Upload a recording and it is transcribed automatically, word-level captions sync to it, and it replaces the AI narration.
Browse-only for now — accounts open soon, alongside Layer 2.
What We Cover
- Rumors (map) — short, unverifiable ghost stories tied to a place, each with a credibility mark.
- Kaidan novels — original written horror short stories, separate from the map.
- Codex — a bestiary of the things that dwell in the rumors (creatures, haunted sites, regions, cursed objects).
- Kaidan radio — stories in voice and image. Leave it playing and it flows on by itself.
Our Stance
We never claim a rumor is “real.” We show honestly how far it has been verified, and we keep fiction (original novels) clearly apart from the map’s credibility. We do not host content that demeans any country or people.
Sources
Parts of the Codex draw on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) as source material, with attribution noted on each page.
AI and Editing
Stories and the bestiary are written with AI, then edited and curated by hand before publishing. Everything is fiction; we prioritize quality over volume. When we draw on an outside video or post, we take only the underlying idea (the rumor) and write all the wording ourselves. We do not publish content that identifies and demeans any real person, group, or business.
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FAQ
What is a kaidan?
A kaidan (怪談 / 괴담) is a short-form ghost story or urban legend from Korea and Japan — an eerie tale, usually tied to a specific place, passed along as rumor.
Are the stories on Kaidan.World true?
No. Every story, image, and narration is AI-generated fiction inspired by circulating rumors. Place names are used only as fictional settings; no real event is asserted, and the stories are unrelated to any real person, business, organization, or place.
What does the credibility rating mean?
It reflects how widely a rumor circulates as a story — not whether any supernatural claim is true.
What languages does Kaidan.World support?
Korean, Japanese, and English.
Is the content AI-generated?
Yes — the text, the voice narration (the "kaidan radio"), and the images are all generated by AI.